MOSCOW, December 27. /TASS/. Two fixed-wing Ukrainian drones were shot down above the southwestern Russian region of Belgorod and the southern Russian region of Rostov in the early hours of Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"The Kiev regime’s attempt to stage a terror attack involving fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles and targeting facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation was thwarted last night. On-duty air defense units destroyed two Ukrainian drones in the air above the Belgorod and Rostov regions," the ministry said.